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Tragedy after mom lost sight of her adorable 18-month-old toddler son in Colorado park
An adorable 18-month-old baby tragically died after going missing on Tuesday afternoon in Silverthorne, Colorado.
Serenity Maes, the child's mother, has been left heartbroken after her baby's body was discovered by search and rescue crews at around 5pm.
The discovery came after the little boy, Zeldris, was reported missing at 2.53pm by his mother.
Maes said Zeldris's father was working a job in Silvethorne, so the family couldn't check into the motel they were staying in until 3pm.
Instead of waiting in their car, Maes decided to take Zeldris and her three-year-old son, who has autism, to get some fresh air in the park, Fox 31 reported.
When the older son ran off towards a creek, Maes bolted after him.
Maes shared that she heard two little cries from her baby, but when she quickly turned around, Zeldris was nowhere to be seen.
'It happened so quick,' Maes said in a post on Facebook.
She immediately called the police, and a multi-agency search and rescue mission kicked off.
Crews searched the Blue River and surrounding areas for several hours before finding the little boy's body at the area off Willow Way along the Blue River Trail.
The area is just west of Blue River Parkway, about eight miles north of Interstate 70.
Zeldris's grieving mother wants her baby boy to be remembered as a pure, innocent soul who made everyone's day brighter.
Maes said Zeldris was a loving baby who would always give hugs and kisses and was truly her pride and joy.
She is a stay-at-home mom, so the two of them did everything together.
Maes said that what she'll miss the most about Zeldris is him climbing on top of her every morning.
'Im so heartbroken from this s*** and yall seem to say im not a good parent or this and that when I was trying to keep both of my children safe,' she wrote online.
Maes said that what she'll miss the most about Zeldris is him climbing on top of her every morning
Town of Silverthorne officials said they were 'heartbroken' to find the child's body.
'Our hearts go out to the family who lost a loved one and to emergency responders who were involved in the incident,' they wrote in a prepared statement on social media.
The Summit County Coroner's Office have not yet released the official cause of death.
